玛利亚(安娜·费尔南德斯 Ana Fernández 饰)是一名清洁女工,独自一人居住在位于西班牙的一间小小公寓之中,过着形单影只的生活。身为一名清洁女工,玛利亚的收入十分拮据,刚刚够维持自己一人的生计,日子过得十分苦闷。玛利亚的男友是一名卡车司机,两人之间的关系十分淡漠。某日,玛利亚发现自己怀孕了,然而男友却并没有一丝一毫想要结婚的打算。 父亲生病,在母亲的陪伴之下,老两口来到了城里看病,借住在玛利亚的家中。父亲和母亲吵吵闹闹了一辈子,却也相互扶持着过了一辈子,玛利亚将这一切看在眼里,心中充满了无奈。在这期间,玛利亚的母亲结识了住在玛利亚楼下的孤独老人,随着时间的推移,两人之间竟然产生了淡淡的情愫。Maria, whose parents live in the country, cannot stand her father's authoritarian ways and moves to the city. She finds a job as a cleaner and tries to survive in a wretched apartment in the shabby part of a big city. She is pregnant, and the fact that her boyfriend has abandoned her does not help matters. When her father goes to the hospital for an operation, her mother comes to stay with her. Her neighbor, an old recluse whose only friend is his dog, begins to come out of his shell and these three lost souls try to give each other the strength to start over.